The cardiac muscle under a microscope shows a short cylindrical fiber with a centrally placed oval nucleus. You will find some unique features in cardiac muscle that will help you to differentiate it from skeletal and smooth muscles. Quick answer: the cardiac muscle microscope slide shows the cylindrical fiber with 1 or 2 nuclei. The … Read more
Lymphocytes under a microscope show a round to slightly indented nucleus with clumped heterochromatin. You know these lymphocytes are agranulocytes and form the second-largest population of white blood cells. This article will show you the structure (morphology) of different types of lymphocytes (small, large, B, and T) under light and electron microscopes. So that after … Read more
The adipose tissue under a microscope shows an aggregation of fat cells or adipocytes. You will find this adipose tissue subcutaneously throughout the body except over the eyelid, auricle, and other parts of the animal’s body. The adipose tissue is considered the specialized connective tissue which plays an essential role in energy homeostasis. Microscopically, you … Read more
The prophase under a microscope shows the gradually becoming condensed chromatin, resulting in the formation of the individual chromosome. You know this prophase is the first stage of mitosis cell division which may quickly identify with the help of a light microscope. Again, you will also see the prophase 1 and prophase 2 stages in … Read more
The tongue under a microscope shows a core of crisscrossing skeletal muscle bundles and a peripheral mucous membrane. A stratified squamous epithelium covers the mucous membrane of the tongue and contains 4 types of papillae. Again, each tongue papilla possesses a connective tissue core that covers the epithelium. Some of these papillae of the animal’s … Read more
The sheep brain anatomy consists of 3 major parts – prosencephalon (forebrain), mesencephalon (midbrain), and rhombencephalon (hindbrain). These 3 main parts of the sheep brain again divide into specific segments. There are also 5 different lobes in the sheep brain structure – frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, and limbic area. The different anatomical features of the … Read more